The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-12

WHILE the Republicans of Cecil
county have every reason to be graft
fed that their nominations for the i'm
portant Office OF County Commissioner
have been ratified at the polls by the
election of Messrs. Bond, Williams,
and Crothers, yet the fact is not to be
overlooked that their election cannot
IN any sense be considered a partlzan
triumph. Previous to the assembling
of the Republican county convention
we took occasion to urge upon those
who were selected as delegates to that
convention, that the small and unccr-
tain majority by which the Democrats
now hold the county could certainly be
overcome by the nomination of men
whose high standing and character would
command not only the support of all
the Republican voters of the county,
but also of the large class of indepen-
dent voters of it, who are heartily tired
of the costly and eXtravagant manner
in which the business affairs of the
county have been conducted in recent
years." Fortunately for the interests
of the people of the county, the Re
publican party was undisturbed by fac
tional dissensions and differences, and
when their convention assembled wise
counsels prevailed, and a ticket was
nominated which commanded the re-
spect of the people, and while 1t is a
matter of regret, that the entire ticket
has not succeeded, yet it should be no
less after of general congratulation
that the people of the county have Sc
cured the services of three as sound
business men as Messrs. Bond, Will
liams and Crothers, at a time when
there is in the Office to which they have
been elected, pressing demand for
sound judgment and recognized busl-
ness experience.
Now while it was undoubtedly due
to the general recognition of the per
sonal qualification of these three gen
tlemen, that they were elected, and
their election was demanded in the
public interest, we cannot but feel that
the failure of the same voters to secure
for the public service in Cecil county
another gentleman equally qualified for
the position for which he was nomi-
mated is reflection upon their judg-
ments and loss to the people of the
county. We refer to the States -Attor-
neyship. When the Republican nomi-
mating convention met there were no
contestants before it for the honor of
that nomination. In view of the fact
that the present Prohibltory law had
narrowly escaped defeat, because of
the sentiment created against it, by
reason of the weak and inefficient in
forcement of the Local Option Law,
such friends of temperance and pohlbi-
ton as were Republicans, felt the press
ing public necessity of calling to the
office OF States Attorney, one who not
only possessed the necessary legal quail
ification to fill that office Creditaby,
but what was of equal importance, to
secure States Attorney who was in
sympathy with the objects and pur.
poses of the Prohibitory law. When Mr..
Haines was approached upon the sub
ject OF a nomination he was exceed
ingly averse to accepting it, he declined
it respectfully over and over again, and
it was only when his party with una
nimity which was as general as it is un-
usual nominated him by acclamation,
that he sacrificed bis personal feelings
in the matter, and yielded to the i'm
portunity of his party friends. This
importantly was based upon the uni
versal conviction of Mr.. Haines' pre-
eminent qualification for the position,
and his known and CONSTANT attitude
upon the question OF Prohibition. When
therefore in Difference to this sentiment
of his party, he yielded all personal and
business considerations which others
whether political or personal friends are
bound to respect, and accept reluct-
antly that nomination, we hold that
every Republican in Cecil county was
by every rule of good faith and true
morals bound to ratify the act of their
party and vote for their nominee. Ii
became clear case of political ethics,
the moral weight of the influence OF
the Republican party in Cecil county
pressed this nomination upon Mr.
Halnes, and the Republican Prohlbi-
zionist who carries his morals into his
business, was equally bound by every
consideration of honor and good faith
to carry it into his politics. We can
not but feel that great injustice has been
done gentleman who neither directly
or indirectly sought his party's nomi-
nation.
WHILE a sufficient number of voters
in Maryland it seems are willingto per
petuate the rule of the bosses" for
another term of four years, still the